In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to find it around many of the most common stars in the galaxy.

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life.

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Astronomers have confirmed a giant planet orbiting a tightly bound pair of young stars, marking a first in direct exoplanet imaging. The planet, known as HD 143811 AB b, is the closest-in world ever ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...

The celestial body is the youngest transiting planet found to date. Madyson Barber, a grad student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was researching young transiting systems in space ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

Carnegie's Luke Bouma presented exciting new research at the American Astronomical Society meeting revealing how large clumps of cool plasma that are trapped in an M dwarf star's magnetosphere can be ...

There is a new method to detect and map spots on stars by "using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets." ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...